Fit and Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide to Exercise

by Joan Marie Butler

Active women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy know that staying fit is good for them and their baby. This book will help them understand the tremendous changes that their body is experiencing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941950409
• ISBN13: 9780941950404
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Vitesse Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"

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Enthusiastically recommended for expectant mothers everywhere.

Now in a revised and expanded edition, Fit & Pregnant: The Pregnant Woman's Guide to Exercise presents the medically sound advice of nurse, midwife, athlete, and mother of two Joan Marie Butler for pregnant women of all backgrounds. Though Fit & Pregnant pays especial attention to the concerns of highly athletic women and particularly professional athletes, the needs, concerns, body changes, and exercise guidelines for all pregnant and postpartum women regardless of background are covered. Fit & Pregnant explores the beneficial effects exercise can have on the pregnant body, from types of exercise that can reduce the risk of postpartum urinary incontinence to general health and fitness promotion. Fit & Pregnant also covers which specific exercises are best avoided particularly in the second trimester onward, how to lift weights safely, and how to scale back particularly intense regimens - pregnant women are advised to train not for professional competition, but rather specifically for the "event" of delivering a healthy baby. Also discussed at length are the changes a pregnant woman's body goes through, what to expect and prepare for, and means to maximize health and safety throughout the experience. Enthusiastically recommended for expectant mothers everywhere.